Film-reel.



M. G. DELANEY.

FILM REEL.

APPLICATION FILI-:D DEC. I2, I9I2.

1M4,69 l Pand .me 29, 1915. I u .u l 'a SHEETS-SHEET I.

l II|| 'l III I o I I I I M. G. DELANEY.

FILM REEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.12,1912.

1914.49693. Patented June 29, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

lvl. G. DELANEY.` FILM REEL.

Patented June 29, 1915 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I2. 1912.

UIN 1 www3@ y rarnnr cierren 1 MCHAEL r. DELTZ', F DETROIT, MICHIIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TQ lIlOEV/l-lt CO., OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

FILM-REEL.

meanest,

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 29.191

Application led December 12, 1912. Serial No. 736,347,

residing at Detroitr1 in the county of W'ayne and State oit' Michif in. have invented certain new and useful Reels7 of which the following 1s a specification7 reference being had therein to the acconn'ianyng drawings.

in the operation of iilms for moving picture machines and the like it is desirable that as little time as possible he lost in transiierring the films after use from one rollto another. .Ordinarily it is necessary to rewind the lm after it has been used in order to obtain the right direction through the lantern or camera.

This invention relates to a. film reel adai'ited to permit the use of a iilm without rewinding, thereby saving the Wear of the Afilm and the rewinding and loss of time.

rlhe invention consists in the matters hereinafter set' 'forth and particularly pointedout in the claims.

in the drawings. Figure lis a View partially in side elevation and partially in section or one form .oi reel that embodies features of the intention; 2 isa plan View r oi" the reel partially breiten away and in Sec- .'tion attached to a n'ioving picture inechanism for central delii'ery ot alilm reel; Fig. 5 is a View partially broken away and Vin elevation of. the front oi the reel; Fig. -l is a View in section teiten on line VWV ot l; llg. 5 a View in detail of the iilln guiding means, and is a View in side elevation showing how `the reel may be as sociated in a. picture machine.

herein indicated a reel is formed of a back plate 1 that is fixed on a tubular shaft 2 adapted to be rotatably mounted ori-any journal and turned by application ofn proper crank 'to the notched end 3 of the shaft. The journal oi" hearing member on which the film reel oi a moving picture machine is usually .mounted in proper position for the delivery oif the film trom the periphery of the reel into the casing or magazine oi' the machine, is the member that is used although not shown herein.

A front plate 1 is journalcd on the shaft Q in spaced parallel relation to the plate 1 and may be locked to turn with the shaft by A means of a dog 3? arranged to engage the provenients in Film-- notched periphery/.5 of a flange on the shaft, a spring 6 projecting the dog into such engagement.

A handle 7 on the plate l operates a cam'V plate 8 by which the dog 37 may be held in release from the Hangs 5.. V

The plate it carries a hub iiange 9 substantially concentric with the shaft Q except for an interval Where it is cut away and inturned toform a guide shoe 10. A shelf 11 parallel with the guide shoeextends with the latter to a transverse slot in the plate i.

A guide roller 12-is secured on the outside of the plate l parallel to the slot in guide brackets 13 Whose projecting 'Hanges 14; are adapted to yieldingly enter between stops 15 on the Wall of a magazine 1G.

A spring finger 17 ,opposite the 'slot is placed 'on the outer side .of the plate 4.

A. guide arm 18 is pivoted on the plate l andunder the iniiuence 'of a spring 19 carries a guide bar 20 outwardly along av slot 21 concentric with the pivot center of the arm 18. V

A cover 22 is used to inclosethe reel when desired, a suitable bayonet lock device indicated at 23, or the like, holding the cover in place on the plate 1 5to permit a free ro- .tation on the plate Il.

In operation the cover lis removed, the film is then drawn on to the reel between the plates which are locked together and carried out around the guide 10 into cngagement with the spring clip-17. The film is then run on to the reel in the usual mari# nei` by turning the reel, the spring arm 18 carrying the {ilm over the gap in the huh flange 9. When it is desired to use the iilmI again the cover is placed on the reel and the latter mounted as shown in Fig. 2, with the slot in the side delivery plate in register with the intake opening in a magazine or4 The plate 1 and l' -plate l are disengaged and the film drawn out as desired over the guide, .this being moving picture machine.

ates the necessity of rewinding as inthe use of the ordinary reeland Athereby saves time as Well asthe :Wear and tear on the film.

Obviously, changes in the details of con'- struction may be made'without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not care lto limit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

VW'hat I claim is zl. A film reel comprising a bearing member With a back plate fixed thereon, a front plate journaled on the bearing member in spaced relation to the back plate and provided with anopening, manually operable means for locking the plates'to turn together, film guiding means extending from an opening through the front plate into concentric relation with the bearing member between the plates, and a cover adapted to to encircle the front plate, and means yieldl ingly mounted on one of the plates for maintaining a film applied to the reel in opera,-v

tive position.

3; film reel comprising a bearing member with a back plate fixed thereon, a front plate journaled on the bearing member in spaced relation tothe back plate andprcvided with an opening, manually operable means for locking-the plates to turn together, film guiding means extending from an opening through the front plate into substantially concentric relation With the bearing member between the plates, and a cover adapted to be locked on the back plate to encircle the front plate, the front plate being adapted to 'letachably engage with the Wall of a film nagazine or holder.

4. A lm reel comprising a bearing member With a back plate fixed thereon, a front plate journaled Von the bearing member in spaced relation to the back plate andpro Avided with an opening, manually operable .means for locking the plates to turn to# gether, guiding means extending from an opening through the front plate into substantiallyconcentric relation with thebearin member between the plates, 'a cover a apted to beloclredy nn the back plate and to encircle the frontfplate, and means yieldingly mounted on one of the plates for maintaining a film applied to the reel in operative position, the front plate being adapted to' detachably engage with the vvall of'a film magazine or holder. l

5. The combination with the Wall of a Elm magazine having a lateral opening and stops thereon, of a film reel comprising a hollow bearing member, a back plate'secured on the bearing member, a front plate journaled on the bearing member and provided vvith an opening, means on the front plate adapted to interlock with the stops of4 the magazine Wall to hold the respective op enings of the plate and magazine Wall in` register, manually operable means for locking the front plate to turn With the bearing member, and a guiding member on the front plate extending from the opening therethrough between the plates to direct an applied film into substantially concentric relation with the bearing member.

6. The combination With the Wall of a film magazine having an opening in the Wall, of

. a film reeladapted to be rotatably mounted on a suitable support and non-rotatably engaged With the magazine Wall, the reel having a lateral opening that is in register with the Wall opening and a continuous rim opening, and vdetachably interlocked front,

and sidewalls whereby the front Wall may be independently rotated and film guiding means in thelreel adapted to direct a film through the reel rim when the reel is turning bodily and through the lateral opening when the plates are disengaged.

7. A film reel having independently/'rotatable side Walls, one of which has a lateral opening, and a continuous rim opening between the Walls, means for locking the Walls to turn together, guiding means in the reel for holding a lilm in operative position thereon, means in the reel adapted to permit the Winding of a film on to the reel through one opening and the delivery of the film through the other opening and means for vieldingly distending and supporting the film when Wound on the reel.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

MCHAEL Gr. DELANEY.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, O'r'ro F. BARTHEL. 

